“Everything is going to be fine in the end.
If it's not fine it's not the end.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
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@xy, member from Sept. 25, 2023“They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”
Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance
Source: A Woman of No Importance
“The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“How else but through a broken heart
May Lord Christ enter in?”
Oscar Wilde book The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Pt. V, st. 14
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.”
Variant: It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love
Source: An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: The Duchess of Padua